Mayranen May Lose Bid To Keep Two Posts

East Hartford News Notes

The state human rights commission may not have jurisdiction over a complaint recently filed against the state elections agency by the town school board chairwoman, who works for the agency.

The Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities notified Hilde Mayranen Monday that the State Elections Enforcement Commission did not appear to violate the state's Discriminatory Practice Act. Elections commission employees are barred by a new state law from seeking or holding any elective office.

The human rights commission, however, has not made its final determination on the issue, the letter said.

Mayranen disagrees that there is no jurisdiction. She wrote a letter to the agency Wednesday expressing her view, and citing other applicable state laws.

Because of the new law, Mayranen is being forced to leave either her elections commission job or her school board position by April 1.

Jeffrey Garfield, executive director of the elections commission, drafted the law after he hired Mayranen.